Legal Issues for Creative Entrepreneurs                         
 
Session #1 (of 6)  ~  Business Entity Formation            

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011  6PM - 8PM     Presentation and Q & A  with mixer immediately following.

       

Presented by Karl Means, Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A.

• Overview of Business Entities

• Types and Organization

• Management and Control

• Liability Protection

• Tax-Related Issues

• Business Agreements

• Shareholder and Membership Agreements

• Employment and Independent Contractor Agreements

• Non-Disclosure Agreements

• Non-Profit Entities

• Types

• IRS Form 1023 for Tax-Exempt Status

• Common Mistakes for Entrepreneurs

Mr. Means is a shareholder in the Firm and chairs the Intellectual Property Group. His practice focuses on matters involving
technology transfer and licensing, domestic and international trademarks and branding, software, Internet and e-commerce
issues and copyright enforcement. He also has experience with general corporate matters and business-related issues such as
unfair competition, trade secrets and Web site use and privacy policies. He has conducted seminars on licensing, e-
commerce, the protection of trade secrets, copyright and the arts. Mr. Means serves as general counsel to the Montgomery
County Students Information Technology and Automotive Trades Foundations, each a public-private trades educational
program. He is a member of the Board of Advisors for the Maryland Technology Development Center, and the District of
Columbia Bar Association Section on Entertainment, Sports and Media Law. Before joining Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy
and Ecker, Mr. Means was a Senior Attorney for Intellectual Property Rights at the United States Customs Service. In that
capacity, he served as the Chairman of the Customs Intellectual Property Enforcement Committee which administered
service-wide the Customs Service Intellectual Property Anti-Counterfeiting and Enforcement Program. He also served as a
delegate to the World Customs Organization in Brussels, Belgium, and represented the Customs Service at bilateral and
multilateral international trade negotiations. Mr. Means holds a B.S. in Finance from Oklahoma State University, and an
M.B.A. and J.D. from the University of Oklahoma, where he sat on the Board of Advocates and earned the American
Jurisprudence Award for Federal Securities Regulation. Mr. Means is a member of the Maryland, District of Columbia and
Oklahoma Bars.